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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

ISSN 1088-6842 (online) ISSN 0025-5718 (print)

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Factoring polynomials over large finite fields
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by E. R. Berlekamp PDF
Math. Comp. 24 (1970), 713-735 Request permission

Abstract:

This paper reviews some of the known algorithms for factoring polynomials over finite fields and presents a new deterministic procedure for reducing the problem of factoring an arbitrary polynomial over the Galois field ${\text {GF}}({p^m})$ to the problem of finding the roots in ${\text {GF}}(p)$ of certain other polynomials over ${\text {GF}}(p)$. The amount of computation and the storage space required by these algorithms are algebraic in both the degree of the polynomial to be factored and the logarithm of the order of the finite field. Certain observations on the application of these methods to the factorization of polynomials over the rational integers are also included.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1970 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 24 (1970), 713-735
  • MSC: Primary 12.25; Secondary 94.00
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1970-0276200-X
  • MathSciNet review: 0276200